SWAT Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5590 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5590 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for communicating threats that target schools. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2025 Mr. Lawler (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for communicating threats that target schools. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Schools Want Accountability for Threats Act'' or the ``SWAT Act''. SEC. 2. THREATS INVOLVING FIRE OR EXPLOSIVES. Section 844(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking ``(e)'' and inserting ``(e)(1)''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) Whoever violates paragraph (1) by making a threat a…